Evil is relative - and what I mean by that is that our villains are as complex, as deep and as compelling as any of our heroes. Every antagonist in the DC Universe has a unique darkness, desire and drive. And the reason for being of 'Forever Evil' is to explore that darkness.
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
People come up to me and say, 'You are such a great bad guy.' The fact is that the antagonist in a movie is usually the most fun to play. You can stretch the role and do so much with it.
Johnny Ringo to me was just the best antagonist that I've ever played, because I played him as a guy who has a death wish and had done everything that he wanted in life. As far as he was concerned, a gun fight was about as exciting as it was going to get.
Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up.
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.
If you have to be the antagonist, you often have a lot more creative powers. You have a lot more color to you.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.